tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959738902390835474.post1986226488588791083..comments2017-12-28T07:57:27.162-06:00Comments on The Corporate Hack: Taking Steps Back to Backup Your Workburnsheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14906487461734329068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959738902390835474.post-89347453162655210782008-05-02T11:31:00.000-05:002008-05-02T11:31:00.000-05:00Hey c.note,I'd say starting with Mozy's free 2 gig...Hey c.note,<BR/><BR/>I'd say starting with Mozy's free 2 gigabyte storage would be the way to go. I'd select all essential folders like your Documents, etc, and let Mozy back that up for you every night. That takes just a few minutes of your time and you're up and running.<BR/><BR/>The other backups are much more meticulous but I'd say if you have a half hour, set up an Automator app for backing up to your thumb drive and your external.<BR/><BR/>If you have an Airport Express, a USB hard drive would allow you to connect and backup but I haven't tried it myself. It appears that it works just fine though! I love having a drive networked in my house -- I can just connect to it by turning my computer on.<BR/><BR/>Your Automator app could move important file folders to your external drives as often as you run the app, or by using the iCal hack I showed you in the post.<BR/><BR/>That really took me less than an hour to get setup and tested, and works like a charm!<BR/><BR/>Hope it goes well!<BR/><BR/>JonJon @ The Corporate Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15237580679169036222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959738902390835474.post-60195029698667726342008-05-02T07:55:00.000-05:002008-05-02T07:55:00.000-05:00thanks jon. I'll have to try some of these ideas ...thanks jon. I'll have to try some of these ideas on my macbook... About two months ago my hard drive literally died and I lost all my data! It would have cost me over a $1000 to get the data back and there was no guarantee that it would work. So, that being said, I need to start backing up my data, but have yet to start. In your opinion, what would be the easiest way to ease into this good practice without the obsessive nature that you so clearly described?! I use OS Tiger, just got a 1gb usb thumb drive, and also have Toast which has a backup app which I have yet to explore. I also have an external firewire hard drive connected to a PowerMac G5 that I use to store backups of recorded music tracks. Is it possible for me to connect my external drive to my network and use it as a backup... could it be connected to my airport express or used remotely if connected it to my PowerMac G5? I'd like to do these backups with as much ease as possible. Any quick suggestions? And thanks again for sharing.c.notehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15145859388864257929noreply@blogger.com